| 100% | ATARI | 5 | ___ shock (Japan's term for the video game crash of 1983) |
| 60% | ATARI | 5 | Company hurt by the video game crash of 1983 |
| 44% | ATARI | 5 | Company that was hit hard by the video-game crash of 1983 |
| 42% | BANDICOOT | 9 | Crash from the video game is this kind of creature |
| 42% | CAROM | 5 | American term for a cannon in the game of pool |
| 42% | MELEES | 6 | Modern term for medieval fighting competitions of two mounted teams that fill the same niche as today's paintball games |
| 42% | PATRICIDE | 9 | Term for the crime of killing one's father |
| 41% | OVERTONWINDOW | 13 | Talking head’s term for the range of politically acceptable ideas |
| 40% | BUFFERZONE | 10 | Firefighter's term for the section of the firehouse cordoned off for polishing? |
| 40% | DEEPTIME | 8 | Term for the full, vast span of the world's history |
| 39% | ERA | 3 | The Golden Age of Video Games, for one |
| 38% | JAWSOFLIFE | 10 | Firefighter's term for lengthy gabfests about the meaning of existence? |
| 38% | LIBRETTO | 8 | Term for the text of an opera |
| 38% | MKO | 3 | Collective term for the users of the Big Island's "Astronomy Precinct", for short |
| 38% | RASH | 4 | "Road ___," popular bike racing video game of the 90's |
| 38% | WARIO | 5 | Video-game antagonist whose name is a portmanteau of the protagonist's name and the Japanese word for "bad" |
| 38% | STARBOARD | 9 | Term for the right side of a ship |
| 38% | REGICIDE | 8 | Term for the crime of killing a king |
| 38% | PATAGIUM | 8 | Term for the gliding membrane of flying squirrels |
| 38% | OMOPHAGIA | 9 | Term for the practice of eating raw meat |
| 37% | ATOMSMASHER | 11 | Layman's term for the gizmo they used to confirm the existence of the Higgs Boson in 2012 |
| 37% | PHLEBITIS | 9 | Medical term for the inflammation of veins |
| 37% | SEMANTICS | 9 | Linguistics term for the meanings of words |
| 37% | COSMOGONY | 9 | Term for the study of the origins of the universe |
| 37% | DRAYAGE | 7 | Term for the transport of goods in the shipping industry |
| 37% | OCCIPUT | 7 | Anatomical term for the back of the head |
| 37% | EPIDERMIS | 9 | Anatomical term for the outer layer of skin |
| 37% | SUPERNOVA | 9 | Astronomical term for the explosion of a star |
| 37% | FRACTURE | 8 | Medical term for the break of a bone |
| 37% | SNAILMAIL | 9 | Quirky term for the speed of posted letters |